英语听力精选进阶版 8099
时间：2019-03-04 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution, declaring that theRussian-backed referendum in Crimea was illegal, and supporting Ukraine's territorial 1 integrity.One hundred nations in the UN chamber 2 approved the revolution with 11 against and 58abstentions. The BBC correspondent at the UN Nick Bryant says the resolution will have littlepractical effect.
It's a non-binding resolution, so really is a symbolic 3 value more than anything meaningful.There is nothing in it that can be enforced to legally, that it is really a key decision-makingbody, the United Nations Security Council. And Russia always uses its veto to protect itself andsome of its allies from punitive 4 measures from UN and it's done that already in an insistence 5 toserve Ukraine.
An angry crowd of about 2,000 far-right protesters have marched on the Ukrainian parliament,demanding the resignation of the Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. The protesters from thenationalist group Right Sector 6 blamed Mr. Avakov for the death of one of their senior membersearlier this week. A BBC correspondent at the scenes says the crowd's mood as aggressivewith shouts of “shame! shame! ”
Turkey has blocked access to the video-sharing website Youtube after the posting of an allegedaudio recording 8 of senior ministers discussing a possible military operation in Syria. TheTurkish foreign ministry 9 described the video as an attack on national security, and said somesections of it had been manipulated. James Reynolds reports from Istanbul.
In recent months in Turkey, an anonymous 10 internet user with apparent high-level access hasposted online a series of wiretap recordings 11. The recordings include private phone calls made bythis country's most senior officials. This afternoon, the user posted on Youtube a recordingwhich appeared to show National Security officials recently discussing their options inneighbouring Syria. Almost as soon as the recording was posted, the Turkish government wona court order to block Youbute.
And purports 12 are coming in that the ban on Youtube has just been removed.
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has voted in favor of a resolution tolaunch an international inquiry 13 into alleged 7 war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan CivilWar. The Sri Lankan president rejected the resolution , saying it would hurt the government'sown reconciliation 14 efforts. Charles Haviland reports.
The document expresses serious concern as things alleged to be still going on in Sri Lanka,including the intimidation 15 of the civil society, disappearances 16 and torture. But the call forconcrete action comes in a request to the office of Navi Pillay, the UN's Human Rights chief.The resolution asks it to conduct an investigation 17 into what it calls alleged serious violationsand abuses of human rights by both the government and the Tamil Tigers in the seven yearsthat led up to the end of the war. It also refers to related crimes, an apparent reference toalleged war crimes. The Sri Lankan representative called the resolution biased 18.
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A British court has recorded an open verdict to the inquest into the death of the formerRussian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. The coroner said that contradictory 19 evidence meant hewas unable to conclude whether the businessman took his own life or was killed. Mr.Berezovsky was found dead near London a year ago. A friend expert hired by Mr. Berezovsky'sfamily said marks on his neck and face suggested he was murdered.
The main opposition 20 party in EI Salvador has said it accepts defeat in a tightly-foughtpresidential election held earlier this month after losing several appeals to get a vote recount.The opposition candidate Norman Quijano narrowly lost the vote by less than one percentagepoint. He alleged that the votes to his rival, the former Mexist rebel Salvador Sanchez Cerenhad been counted twice.
The health authorities in Guinea have for the first time confirmed four cases of the deadlyEbola virus in the capital Conakry. Until now, the 62 confirmed deaths from Ebola have onlybeen in rural areas. There have also been suspected cases in neighbouring Liberia and SierraLeone. Thomas Fessy reports from the region.
These latest cases mean the deadly virus has reached Conakry for the first time. The newscomes a day after health authorities in Guinea suggested that the deadly fever had beenconfirmed to a southern region. But the spread to Conakry highlights how difficult it can be tofind such a virus when there is so much human movement around the country. Neighbouringstates have all put their health services on high alert, and say they've reinforced health checkson border points.
A new study of data from Europe and North America has linked the banning of smoking in publicplaces with the 10% fall in premature 21 birth. The number of children admitted to hospital withasthma also dropped by the same amount in places with the smoking ban according toscientists from Scotland. Anti-smoking legislation currently effects less than 1/6 of the world'spopulation.
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
- The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。
- They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
- His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
- The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
- a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
- old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
- She purports to represent the whole group. 她自称代表整个团体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The document purports to be official but is really private. 那份文件据称是官方的，但实际上是私人的。 来自辞典例句
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
- Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
- Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
- The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
- The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。
- The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
- What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。